Dharun Ravi, Old Bridge beating case show bias of bias fighters

Dharun Ravi was convicted of several bias crimes against his college roommate, Tyler Clementi, even though no witness said he showed hatred toward homosexuals. In fact, they said the exact opposite.

The consensus seems to be the conviction was based on a poorly written law. It did not matter what Ravi’s intentions were, but whether Clementi felt intimidated and targeted because of his sexuality.

This brings us to the case of Divyendu Sinha, an Indian-American beaten to death in front of his wife and children, who were also assaulted. The prosecution denied this was a hate crime and refused to charge the bias statute.

Sinha’s wife said she felt very intimidated and believed they were targeted because of their race. The Indian community began to fear for its safety. Yet so far, the first defendant of this case has been found not guilty of any serious crimes related to the death.

Shouldn’t these defendants be subject to the same criteria as Ravi?

As an American, it is disappointing to see us continue to put every new wave of immigrants through the same sort of unfairness. Ironically, the worst prejudice seems to come from people who claim to fight it.